Key holder



. N. BAILEY KEY HOLDER Filed May 5.l 1927 @YOVUMN MQW@ ./QTroRA/cmPatented Nov. l, 192,7. 4

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` Thisi'invention relates `to a-"key holder "adapted to betisecu'red 'toal 'belt Ior 'other j article of wearingapparel.u @neofthe ob jectsofthe invention is "to 'produce asim'ple, neat and; attractive'keyholder adapted-'to be secured andheld on theA wearing apparel.

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bodiment ofthe invention. However, it is to be understood that theinvention comprehends changes, variations and modifications which comewithin the scope of the claims hereunto appended. l

Fig. l is a perspective view of a key holder embodying the features'ofthis invention.

sides of thebelt-receiving Fig. 2 is a perspective view on a smallerscale, showing a portion of a belt equipped with the key holder, thefront of the belt be` `ing exposed.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the rear of the belt.

To illustrate one form of the invention, I have shown a key holder madeof a single piece of wire bent to form a belt-receiving member and akey-receiving loop. The wire is bent, or folded on itself, at aV pointmid- Way between its ends, Vas shown at A. The belt receiving member ispreferably a loop comprising a hook l beginning at the bend A. At thispoint, the wire members are located adjacent to and parallel with eachother, so as to form a double wire strand. The twov wire members extend'upwardly from the hook l, as shown at 2, and then downwardly as shownat 3, to formV opposite loop, the top of said loop being formed by thebend 4. These wire members have separated portions forming an eye 5 inwhich the end of the hook l is located, said wire members being twistedtogether above and belowl the eye, as shown at 6 and 7.

The key-receiving loop comprises bottom members 8 extending inoppositevdirections Y from the twisted portions 7 below the eye 5,

' and sideymembers 9 extending' upwardlyV from the outer ends of saidbottom members, lsaid sidemembers 9 being' provided with i Ebook-shapedoverla 'the top vof the keyreceivingloop.

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pping ends l0 V*forming vThe `end members "l0, yieldingly Aengage eachother, and theyl can beseparated from each other to receive and torelease zthekeys.

The belt eirtends.-A through `the loop formed by the wire membersl, 2,3, 4t, 5 and front ofthe belt, asshown in Vl? ig. 2, .andthe.Thekey-receiving loop is exposed atfthe separable ends of this vloopare preferablyy higher than the top of the belt, while thebottom of saidloop lies below the belt to provvide an unobstructed key-receiving spacebeyond the belt, the keys being'supported on theV bottom members 8, assuggested byrdotted lines in F ig. 2. The key-receiving loop sur-Vrounds the belt-receiving loop, and when the free ends 1 0 are separatedfrom each other a key can be applied to either ofthe side members 9which lie aft oppositevsides of the belt-receiving loop. y

When thedevice is in service, any one of the keys hanging from `thebottom members 8 can be removed'withou't removing vany of allV of thekeys c of the loop so as ber 9 to the other, in sucha mannerthat `theuser can select any key and withdraw it at an Vbe moved across ythe topthe'separable ends 10.

I claim:

This is due tothe factvthat to pass' from one side memi l. In a keyholder, a belt-receiving mem-` A ber, and ya key-receiving loopsurrounding said belt-receiving member, said key-receiving loopcomprising side members, made of wire, located at opposite sides ofsaidbeltreceivingl memberfand provided with hookshaped upper ends yieldinglyengagingeach other and separable fromeach lother topermit a selectiverelease of the keys'V from each of said side members. v

2. In a key holder, and a key-receiving l oop `surrounding the firstmentioned loop,

said key-receiving loop al belt-receiving loop, j

having bottom members below the belt-receiving loop and free end m toreceive the keys, said end members being` adjacent tothe top of thekey-receiving loop.

3. In a key holder made of a single piece of wire, a belt-receivingloop, and a key-reeiving loop surrounding' the firstvmentioned 00p,

embers separable located adjacent to each other inl the 'beltreceivingloopj and diverging therefrom toy form the Vkey-receivingV loop, v,theends of the the wire 'being doubled/on .itself to' f provide a pair ofcompanion wire members` H wire being separable from each other toreceive the keys.

4:. In a key holder made of a single piece of wire, a belt-receivingloop,7 and a key-receiving loop surrounding the irst mentioned loop,said belt-receiving loop including two wire members located adjacent toeach other and provided with a hook-shaped portion and an eye in whichthe end of said portion is located; said key-receiving loop including apair of hook-shaped members having overlapping ends yieldingly engagingeach other and separable from each other to reoeive the keys.

5. In a key holder made of a single piece oit. wire7 a belt-receivingloop comprising a hook 'lormed by two wire members located adjacent toand parallel with each other,

said Wire members being extended from the hook to form the beltreceiving loop and provided with separated portions Jforming an eye inwhich the end of said hook is located, said wire members-being twistedtogether at opposite sides of the eye; and a key-receiv ing loopcomprising bottom members eX- tended in opposite directions from thetwisted portions below said eye, and side men bers extending` upwardlyfrom the outer ends of said bottom members, said side members beingprovided with hook-shaped overlaprping ends yieldingly engaging eachother and separable from each other to receive the keys.

, In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aflix my signature.

NEAL BAILEY.

